Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-09-17

Oebler NATURALLY than some other DeO-
pie, but because there were home in
fuences praying for them all the time.
Ihey got a good start. They were
launched on the world with the bene-
dictions OF n Christian mother. They
may track Siberian SHOWS, they NAV
plunge in African jungles. they may
fly to the earth's -nd-they cannot 20
50 far and SO fast but The prayers will
keep up with them.
/ stand before women to-day who
have the eternal salvation Of their hus-
bands in their right hand. On the
marriage day you took an oath before
men and angels that YOU would be
faithful and kind until death did you
part, and ] believe you are going to
keep that oath; but after that parting
at the door OF the grave, will it be an
eternal separationP Is there any such
thing as an immortal marriage. max
ing the flowers that grew on the top of
the sepulchre brighter than the gar
lands which at the marriage banquet
flooded the air with aromap Yes;
stand here as a priest of the most high
God. to proclaim the banns Of an inn
mortal union for all those who Join
hands in the grace of Christ. q woman,
is your husband, your father. your son
away from Godp
II LORD DEMANDS
their redemption at your hands. There
are prayers for you to offer, there are
exhortations for YOU tn give. there are
examples for you to set, and | say now,
as Paul said to the Corinthian woman:
What knovest thou, o woman, but
thou canst save thy husbandP"
A man was dying; and he said to his
wife: 'Rebecca you wouldn't let me
have family prayers; and you laughed
about all that, and you got me away
into worldliness; and now | am going
to die, and my fate is sealed, and you
are the cause of my ruin!' q woman,
what knowest thou but thou canst
destroy thy husbandp Are there not
some here who have kindly influences
at homer Are there not some here who
have wandered lar away from God,
who can remember the Christian in
fldences in their e .rly homer Do not
despite those influences, my brother.
II yOu die without Christ, what will
you do with your mothers prayers
with YOU wife's opportunities, with
Your sisters entreatiesp What will you
DO with the letters they used to write to
you, with the memory OF those days
when they attended you SO kindly in
times OF sicknessP Oh, if there be Just
one strand holding you from floating off
on that
DARK SEA
| would just like, this morning, to take
hold of that strand and pull you TO the
beach! For the sake OF your wife's
God, for the sake of your mothers God
for the sake of your daughters God,
for the sake Of your sisters God, come
this day and be saved.
Lastly: | wish to say that one Of
the specific rights of woman is, through
the grace Of Christ, finally to reach
heaven, o, what a multitude of
women in heaven! Mary, Chri>t's
mother, in heaven; Elizath Fry in
heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth in heaven;
the mother of Augustine in heaven;
the Countess of Huntingdon who sold
her splendid Jewels to build chapels--
in heaven; while Il great many others
who have never been heard of on earth.
OF known but little, have gone into the
rest and
PEACE OF HEAVEN.
/ ttLot 1, -.,,f W l,., 49,
from the small room, with no fire and
one window. the glass broken out, and
the aching side and the worn-out eyes.
TO the ''house OF many mansions!' NJ
more stitching until twelve O'Clock a;
night, no more thrusting of the thumb
by the employer through the work to
show that it WAS not done quite right.
Plenty of bread M last. Heaven for
aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten
'rames. No more sitting up until mid
night for the coming Of staggering
steps. No more rough blows across
the temples. No more sharp, keen.
bitter curses. Some Of you viii have
no rest in this world. 1t will be toll
and struggle, end suffering, allthe way
up. You viii nave To sttna I'D vour
door fighting back the wolf win your
own hand, red with carnage. baf God
has a crown for you. lVaat ia realize
this morning tnat He is now mixing it,
and whenever you Weep u tear tin sets
another gem in that crown. whenever
Nou nave a pang OF body or soul, He
puts another gem in that crown, until.
after awhile, in all the tiara there will
be no room for another splcndor. and
God sill say to his angel: The crown
Is done; let her up that she may wear
it," Aud as the
LORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
puts the crown upon your brow. angel
will cry to angel: '.Who is shep" and
Christ will say: 81 will tell you who
sh. is. she is the one that came UP
out of great trioulation, and had her
robe washed and made white in the
blood Of the Lamb" And then God
Will spread a banquet, and He will in
vite all the principalities of heaven TO
sit at the feast; and the tables will blush
with the best clusters from the Vine
yards of God, and crimson with the
twelve manner of fruits from the